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Two more convictions overturned in 2020 plot to kidnap Michigan governor 0
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- July 21, 2026
DETROIT– A state appeals court on Monday overturned the convictions of two men involved in a 2020 plot to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer. Pete Musico and Paul Bellar were convicted of providing material support for an act of terrorism. They, along with co-defendant Joe Morrison, were accused of having supporting roles in the scheme.
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Alaska wants to seize pilot’s plane with 6-pack. Supreme Court will hear his case 0
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- July 20, 2026
WASHINGTON– The Supreme Court on Monday agreed to review an Alaska pilot’s claims that state authorities tried to illegally seize his $95,000 plane after a passenger brought a six-pack of beer on a flight bound for a dry town. The pilot, Kenneth Jouppi, sued to block the seizure of his plane after being convicted of
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Former Olympian accused of damaging the Reflecting Pool will have a trial date on September 28 0
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- July 20, 2026
WASHINGTON– A judge in the nation’s capital set a trial date in September for a former Olympic canoe racer accused of deliberately damaging the Lincoln Memorial reflecting pool, the site of a troubled multimillion-dollar renovation project championed by President Donald Trump. D.C. Superior Court Judge Todd Edelman scheduled David Hearn’s trial date for September 28
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Justice Department activates untested court for ‘alien terrorist’ deportations 0
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- July 19, 2026
WASHINGTON– The Trump administration first filed a petition with a secretive, dormant court created 30 years ago to consider government requests to deport so-called “alien terrorists” from the United States. The Foreign Terrorist Removal Court was established in 1996, but had never received a petition until last Wednesday, when the Justice Department filed a request
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Cuban artist and dissident exiled from the country after 5 years in prison arrives in the United States.0
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- July 19, 2026
MIAMI– A famous Cuban dissident artist and musician, Luis Manuel Otero Alcántara, arrived in Miami on Saturday after being released from a five-year prison sentence on the condition that he leave his country. Alcántara, 38, was greeted at the airport by a crowd that cheered, sang and raised their phones in the air to take
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Federal appeals court rules New Jersey assault weapons ban unconstitutional 0
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- July 18, 2026
A federal appeals court ruled Friday that New Jersey’s bans on assault firearms and magazines that can hold more than 10 bullets are unconstitutional. This is the first time a federal appeals court has struck down a state ban on such weapons, and it comes as the U.S. Supreme Court is set to consider whether
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